Family Nurse Practitioner / Master of Science in Nursing

Degree Offered:  Master of Science in Nursing

Total Credit Hours:  48

All students in the Family Nurse Practitioner program must complete the following courses, including a minimum of 630 hours of clinical experience:

Degree Requirements

Program: MSN-NRSM-5
Concentration: NPFA

I. Core Courses (18)

NURS-53200Applied Biostatistics for Advanced Nursing Practice

3

NURS-51700Healthcare Organizations, Systems, and Policy

3

NURS-53000Theoretical Foundations of Scholarly Inquiry for Advanced Nursing Practice

3

NURS-53400Population Health

3

NURS-53300Scholarly Inquiry

3

NURS-53600Healthcare Informatics

3

II. NP Specialty Core (13)

NURS-58800Role Transition and Development for the Advanced Practice Nurse

1

NURS-60600Epidemiology

3

NURS-60400Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nursing

3

NURS-60500Applied Physiology/Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing

3

NURS-60700Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Nursing

3

III. FNP Specialty Track (17)

NURS-61000APN Management: Adults in Community/Primary Care

3

NURS-61100NP Practicum: Adults in Community/Primary Care

2

NURS-61600FNP Management: Primary Care of Women, Infants, and Children

4

NURS-61700FNP Practicum: Primary Care of Women, Infants and Children

3

NURS-61200APN Management: Adult/Gerontology and Adolescents

3

NURS-61800NP Practicum: Adult/Gerontology and Adolescents

2